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Nova Twins have announced details of their much-anticipated second album ‘Supernova’, plus visuals for an intense new single ‘K.M.B.’.The track, which stands for ‘Kill My Boyfriend’, comes with visuals that sees various people who have murdered their partners enlisting the duo to help clean up the aftermath.“’K.M.B.’ will stitch-up the hearts of the heartbroken, teaching the ones who broke it a lesson”, said Nova Twins of the visuals.“Inspired by the sound and feel of the ’90s, we wrote and filmed our version of a playful horror movie. Think Mean Girls meets Clueless meets Pulp Fiction. Somewhere between those storylines is where you will find ‘K.M.B.’”‘Supernova’ will be released on June 17 via Marshall Music, and will also include the single ‘Antagonist’, released last November.

Spain has announced that it will only accept the results of coronavirus antigen tests if they have been taken within 24 hours before arrival in the country.

Rihanna has announced that she is expecting her first baby with her boyfriend A$AP Rocky in a gorgeous snap showcasing her bump. The Umbrella hitmaker, 33, whose pregnancy announcement look cost more than £8,000, wowed in ripped jeans and a Chanel pink puffer jacket as she flashed the first glimpse of her bump while leaning into her 33 year old beau. And while Rihanna is likely to be thinking of monikers for her own little one, we couldn't help but wonder what her own real name is...The mum-to-be was named Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados, by her accountant mum Monica and warehouse supervisor dad Ronald Fenty.

Slowthai will return to North America later this year for a run of headlining shows in the leadup to his performances at Coachella 2022.The tour, announced earlier this week (January 31), will commence in early April with a performance at New York’s Webster Hall. The rapper will spend most of the month on tour throughout the continent, which will include sets across both weekends of Coachella alongside the likes of Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and Kanye West.Slowthai was performing in the US as recently as last month, where he performed a last-minute show at Brooklyn venue Baby’s All Right.

Wolf Alice will tour North America this March and April, taking in shows across the US and Canada on a 20-date run.READ MORE: Wolf Alice live in London: spellbinding small venue show from snarling rock superstarsThe tour, announced yesterday (February 1), is part of the band’s ongoing world tour in support of their third studio album, ‘Blue Weekend’. It marks their second tour of North America in as many years, following their run of dates in late 2021.Along with their headlining dates, the band will also play two shows in June as a support act.

Adele has announced that she’ll be performing at The BRIT Awards on Tuesday 8 February. The singer’s exciting news comes after her controversial decision to cancel her Vegas Residency — something which is thought to have cost Ceasars Palace an eyewatering £111 million. As well as performing at the BRITs, while Adele is in the UK she’s going to feature on The Graham Norton Show as a guest.

Chris Willman Music WriterAfter the world last saw her crying over her unexpected exit from Las Vegas, Adele has put on a very happy face in a new Instagram post in which she announces that she’ll be performing live on the Brit Awards telecast Feb. 8.“Hiya, so I’m really happy to say that I am performing at the Brits next week!!” she wrote.

The UK’s Culture Department is planning to carry out a colossal review into creative industries in the nation, incorporating film and TV.

Rex Orange County has unveiled details of a huge show in London this summer.The musician will play Gunnersbury Park on August 13 as part of his new ‘The Who Cares? Tour’.Tickets for the outdoor, 20,000 capacity show go on sale at 9am on February 4 and can be purchased here.Earlier this week (January 26), Rex Orange County announced details of his new album ‘Who Cares?’ and shared the first track from it in ‘Keep It Up’, which you can listen to below.The artist last released a record with his 2020 ‘Live At Radio City Music Hall’ EP, which was recorded at his pair of sold-out shows at the New York venue that same year.Rex’s fourth album, ‘Who Cares?’ will be released on March 11 via Sony. It was made in Amsterdam in collaboration with Benny Sings, whom the musician previously worked with on his 2017 platinum-selling breakout single ‘Loving Is Easy’.The record will also feature a new collaboration with Tyler, The Creator in ‘Open A Window’ – the first time the British artist and US rapper have worked together since the latter’s 2017 album ‘Flower Boy’.The tracklist for ‘Who Cares?’ is as follows:‘Keep It Up’‘Open A Window’ (feat. Tyler, The Creator)‘Worth It’‘Amazing’‘One In A Million’‘If You Want It’‘7 AM’ ‘The Shade’‘Making Time’‘Shoot Me Down’‘Who Cares?’ The musician’s last album ‘Pony’ was released in 2019.

Pete Doherty and collaborator Frédéric Lo have announced a UK and European tour – see all the details below.The Libertines and Babyshambles frontman teamed up with the French musician for a new joint album, ‘The Fantasy Life Of Poetry & Crime’, which is due for release on March 18 via Doherty’s own Strap Originals label.So far, the pair have shared the single ‘You Can’t Keep It From Me Forever’ as well as the record’s title track.Today (January 28) it’s been confirmed that Doherty and Lo will hit the road in May for ‘The Fantasy Life…’ tour. Kicking off in Paris on May 5, the stint also includes stop-offs in Cologne (May 6), Berlin (7), Amsterdam (9) and Belgium (11).The duo will touch down in the UK on May 13 for a headline performance at KOKO in Camden, London.

The Kooks have announced their sixth album ’10 Tracks To Echo In The Dark’ by sharing new EP ‘Connection –  Echo in the Dark Part 1’. Check out everything below, along with our interview with singer Luke Pritchard.Work on the album started in Berlin with local producer Tobias Kuhn before the pandemic, and features collaborations with German duo Milky Chance and Swedish EDM musician Neikid. Although the album was finished with Tobias in London, the European flavour was a deliberate response to the continuing problems for British musicians after Brexit.’10 Tracks To Echo In The Dark’ is the first album The Kooks have made since Luke got married to singer-songwriter Ellie Rose and the couple became parents to son Julian, who is now 10 weeks old.

Gamescom 2021, UFL, Ultimate Football League, has now revealed its first gameplay and announced its partnership with Cristiano RonaldoThere have been big changes in football-based video games over the past few years. Pro Evolution Soccer gaming’s second largest football franchise, changed its name completely to eFootball in 2021 in an attempt to focus more on esports strategies.Now publisher Strikerz Inc, with development teams all across Eastern Europe, is attempting to challenge the hold FIFA has over the football gaming landscape.

Earlier this month, TV presenter Trisha Goddard, 64, took to Instagram to announce her engagement.Trisha, - who nicknames her man #boo - told fans he’d proposed during a hiking trip as she showed off her stunning ring. "Been together 4 years… He makes me laugh, looks after me, is a kid with me …I'm so frickin' HAPPY with him, learned about de bomp-bomp with him…And before you ask, no…. I'm not pregnant!" the star, who now lives in Connecticut, joked.

London Fashion Week February 2022 is back, and the British Fashion Council has released the provisional schedule. Running from Friday 18 to Tuesday 22, February, the event will be a physical-digital hybrid, with catwalk shows, presentations, appointments and events from over 131 designers. A first look at the schedule (see it here) would suggest that several designers have chosen a return to the runway, but many big names remain missing.

Warpaint have announced that they will return with new album ‘Radiate Like This’ – their first album for six years – in May. New single ‘Champion’ is out now, alongside the announcement of a string of UK and Ireland tour dates.In the time since their 2016 album ‘Head’s Up’, the four members of the band have been kept busy with other commitments in their personal lives, but eventually they decided that they still wanted to find a way to work together.Unable to physically get into the same room at the same time to record – due to the pandemic, as much as anything else – they recorded alone, passing round tracks and adding new layers separately.“I was saying the other day that we should’ve called **this album ‘Exquisite Corpse’”, jokes the band’s Emily Kokal, referencing both the parlour game and the title of the group’s debut EP.The new single, the band say, is about “being a champion to oneself and for others.

Architects have announced the upcoming release of their live album, ‘For Those That Wish To Exist At Abbey Road’, capturing an historic livestream performance at the iconic Abbey Road studios.The 15-track release was recorded during the metalcore outfit’s global streaming event at London’s Abbey Road on December 11, 2021. It’s set for release on March 25 via Epitaph.To mark the album’s announcement, Architects have shared the first taste in single ‘Impermanence’, originally recorded for their February 2021 album, ‘For Those That Wish To Exist’, and featuring Parkway Drive‘s Winston McCall.Where the original ‘Impermanence’ delivers a guttural grind, the Abbey Road performance swims with a more ethereal vibe on the ravaging heavy metal song.Backed by Parallax Orchestra, watch Architects put an epic new spin on ‘Impermanence’ below:Architects were due to head out on UK roads for a national tour next month, however announced its dates had been pushed back to early May, with the addition of a run of shows in Germany added for later in that month. Upon the release of the band’s ninth studio album, NME awarded ‘For Those That Wish To Exist’ a four-star rating in their review, saying the album was “proof of their enduring creativity”.“It pushes Architects into unexplored territory and a bold new future where even bigger venues and audiences surely await.”1. ‘Do You Dream Of Armageddon?’ 2. ‘Black Lungs’ 3. ‘Giving Blood’ 4. ‘Discourse Is Dead’ 5. ‘Dead Butterflies’ 6. ‘An Ordinary Extinction’ 7. ‘Impermanence’ 8. ‘Flight Without Feathers’ 9. ‘Little Wonder’ 10. ‘Animals’ 11. ‘Libertine’ 12. ‘Goliath’ 13. ‘Demi God’ 14. ‘Meteor’ 15. ‘Dying Is Absolutely Safe’

Kim Gordon has announced details of a new US, UK and European tour in support of her 2019 album, ‘No Home Record’.The UK and European portion of the dates, which kick off in March, will mark the iconic musician’s first international solo headline tour.Gordon will first take the record across the US, beginning at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, MA, before venturing on to six further cities for her own shows. She will also perform at Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN and Treefort Festival in Boise, ID.

Glastonbury Festival has announced the return of the Emerging Talent Competition for 2022.The annual contest sees rising talent submitting their music in the hopes of winning a slot on one of the festival’s main stages.Supported by PRS For Music and the PRS Foundation, the 2022 Emerging Talent Competition will open for applications from Monday (January 31) until February 7. It is open to artists of any genre based in the UK and Ireland, and is free to enter.This year’s prizes, alongside the chance to perform at Glastonbury 2022, include £5,000 for “talent development” awarded to one winner, while two runners-up will be given £2,500 each.

Miles Kane will join us on the next episode of The Record Club with Bowers & Wilkins.